74 ON PLOUGHING WITH SINGLE TEAMS. 



ON PLOUGHING WITH SINGLE TEAMS. 



The Committee on Plougliing -with Single Teams, consisting of An- 

 drew Dodge, of Wenham, Samuel C. Pitman, of Lynn, Benjamin 

 Porter, of Danvers, Francis Ingalls, of Andover, and Hazen Ayers, 

 of Salem, respectfully Report : 



That eight teams were entered, six only appearing on the ground 

 as competitors for premiums, viz. : Francis Dodge, Elijah Pope, 

 and Mark H. Davis, all of Danvers ; Moses Pettingill, of Topsfield ; 

 J. Osgood Loring, of Andover ; and John Northend, of Byfield. 

 The land for plougliing was marked off in lots of about one sixth of 

 an acre each, and numbered from one to about thirty ; those assigned 

 to the single teams were from nineteen to twenty-four inclusive, and 

 were drawn and ploughed as follows, viz. : 



The Committee, after the most careful examination they were 

 able to make, both while the teams were ploughing, and after they bad 

 left the ground, would state that in their opinion, the ploughing, as 

 a whole, was done in a neat and workmanlike manner, and highly 

 creditable to all those engaged in its performance. And they rec- 

 ommend that the premiums be awarded as follows, viz. : 



The 1st premium of $8, to Elijah Pope, of Danvers, 

 « 2d " $6, to Francis Dodge, " 



And that the 3d and 4th premiums be divided equally, between 

 Moses Pettingill, of Topsfield, and John Northend, of Byfield, that 

 is, $3 to each of them. 



The plough, belonging to Elijah Pope, which obtained the first 

 premium, was Eagle, No. 9, manufactured by Ruggles, Nourse & 

 Co., and a large majority of all the ploughs we saw on that day, 

 were of the same manufactory. 



For the Committee, 



ANDREW DODGE. 



December 12th, 1848. 



